Back on Hook's ship, Maleficent is allowed into the captain's quarters to talk with Riku. Maleficent walks into the quarters to find Riku just staring at the comatose Kairi who is laid down on a bench. Maleficent walks a little closer and Riku summons his weapon and aims it at Maleficent.

"None of you guys come near me or Kairi" yelled Riku

"Relax Riku" said Maleficent "I won't get any closer"

Riku lowers his sword. "What do you want?"

"I came here to see how you were doing. I see now judging by your actions that it's not so good."

"You all are responsible for this?"

"You got it all wrong Riku think about it. If we were responsible for this why would we even help you find her in the first place?" Riku lowered his head. "You sought us out in order to find your friend. We did just that despite your distrust in us. We held up our end of the agreement and this is your reward. We aren't responsible for what happened to her before we discovered her. Riku my child you need to not be so quick to judge people based on appearances alone."

Riku dispelled his weapon and turned back to Kairi. "Maybe I did overreact a little" said Riku "It's just that me, Sora, and Kairi were all together ever since we were little. It's hard to see her like this."

"I know my child, but even I have no idea how to recover her heart. In this situation it is best to seek out alternate sources. One source is the princesses of heart. The seven princesses of heart can open the door to…."

"The princesses shouldn't be the only way to revive a person's heart. I refuse to believe it." Riku get a sudden thought. "Maybe Sora can help me. He and his so called friends may know of a way." Riku turns to Maleficent and walks up to her. "Where is Sora now I want to speak with him?"

Maleficent looks at her crystal ball. As of right now he's in the belly of a giant whale with an old man and a…." Maleficent pauses.

"What what is it?"

"There appears to be a talking puppet there as well. This is odd. Puppets are inanimate objects. They shouldn't be able to walk and talk, but this one not only does that but appears to have a heart."

"A puppet with a heart, that could work better. If a puppet can gain a heart than maybe there's a chance that Kairi can gain her heart back in a similar way. Can you take me to him?"

"As you wish" Maleficent summons a portal and Riku enters in it.

Riku arrives and sees Sora on what appears to be a broken ship. He is talking with the old man and appears to be happy. This appears to sadden Riku. Riku then sees the puppet walk to the edge of the boat. Riku gestures for the puppet to follow and he runs deep into the whale's insides. The puppet follows him. When the puppet catches up Riku starts talking.

"Hi, what's your name?" said Riku

"Pinocchio" said the puppet

"How well do you know Sora?"

"He's friends with my conscious."

"Conscious?"

"Yes, he promised to help find my dad and he did. Thanks to him I was reunited with him."

Riku just thought to himself. He wondered how Sora can get so easily side tracked with helping others that he forgets about finding Kairi. He wonders if Sora really did abandon him. It appeared that he thought of nothing but his current friends.

Just then Sora and his friends come running form the other room. They appeared to be looking for Pinocchio. Riku quickly hides while Pinocchio hides behind a nearby hole. Sora sees Pinocchio.

"What are you doing?" said Sora "Come on, let's head back."

"You know Geppetto's awfully worried about you" said Goofy

"Pinocchio, stop fooling around. This is no time for games."

Sora and his friends start heading back. Riku then comes out of hiding.

"But Sora" said Riku "I thought you liked games." Sora quickly turns around and faces Riku. "Or are you too cool to play them now that you have the Keyblade?"

"Riku?" said Sora "What are you doing here?"

"Just playing with Pinocchio"

"You know what I mean! What about Kairi? Did you find her?"

"Maybe. Catch us and maybe I'll tell you what I know"

"Come on"

Riku grabs Pinocchio and runs deep into the whale. He travels through different chambers of the whale occasionally looking over his shoulder to see if Sora was following him. After going through a couple of chambers, Maleficent pops in right in front of Riku.

"What's this nonsense of you are doing?" said Maleficent "You wanted to talk to him not to long ago and now you're avoiding him?"

"I'm just teasing him" said Riku

"No it's more than that. You finally realize that he doesn't care about you"

"No I just…" Riku couldn't finish that sentence. He starts walking away.

"Why do you still care about that boy? He has all but deserted you for the Keyblade and his new companions, after all."

"I don't care about him. Like I said I'm just messing with him a little."

"Oh really, of course you were." Maleficent begins to walk away. "Beware of the darkness in your heart. The heartless prey upon it."

"Mind your own business" said Riku as Maleficent disappears into another portal. Riku stands in place stuck in thought. Sora suddenly runs into the room. Pinocchio runs into the next room.

"Riku" said Sora "What's the matter with you? What are you thinking? Don't you realize what you're doing?"

"I was about to ask you the same thing Sora. You only seem interested in running around and showing off that Keyblade these days. You made friends with different strangers and even made promises with them. You seem more interested in making sure their okay rather than making sure me and Kairi are ok. Do you even want to save Kairi?"

"I do" said Sora stuttering over his words.

Suddenly Pinocchio screams for help. Without a second of hesitation, Sora, his companions, and Riku rush to Pinocchio's aid.